Reading Time: 2 minutesSingapore: Ascott Limited has added a raft of enhancements to its Ascott Star Rewards (ASR) programme, including a points exchange initiative with CapitaStar, Singapore’s leading lifestyle and shopping rewards programme.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUAE: The five-star SLS Dubai Hotel & Residences, which will open in Q4 2020, will feature 321 serviced apartments.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: The 123-key Residence Inn by Marriott Manchester Downtown has opened in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Plans for a £1.8 million renovation of the former post office in Warrington’s Palmyra Square have received planning consent.

Reading Time: 2 minutesMEA: Ascott says it is seeing increased interest in serviced apartments as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Dwellworks has launched its Dwellworks Living brand, to offer “distinctive service and solutions for the global corporate housing marketplace, ensuring customers feel”.

Reading Time: 2 minutesQatar: Accor is set to open the Middle East’s first Swissôtel combined hotel, serviced apartment and branded residential project.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: The 96-key Adina Apartment Hotel Brisbane Anzac Square has completed a million-dollar makeover.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: A 164-key, six-storey Element hotel is set to open in Atlanta’s Buckhead neighbourhood.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) have suggested that the drop in international tourism caused by Covid-19 could cause a £22 billion loss of spending in the UK economy.